Play Sci Fi

0rpheus · 03-16-12, 11:41 AM

Hope Neal and my fellow Kaluens don't mind me bringing this to your attention!

I'm a (struggling) freelance games writer and I've recently been doing some work for a new magazine called Play SF. It's out now on Zinio for Ipad/phone/etc, is cheap as chips at £1.57 an issue (every two months) and there are cheap sub offers as well (6 issues for the price of 5).

The magazine page is here:
http://gb.zinio.com/browse/publicati...ctId=500653067

and there's an online preview here:

http://www.zinio.com/reader.jsp?o=in...53067&prev=sub

From the blurb:

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PlaySF is a new digital-only magazine devoted to space and science fiction games. From the classic space conquest and trading sims of the past, through the sprawling sci-fi MMO universes of the present and towards the dystopian shooters of the future, the magazine aims to track games of all eras and across all platforms via a healthy spread of news, interviews, features and in-depth player reports - all of it delivered to the reading platform of your choice, whether it be desktop, laptop, tablet or personal communicator.

Apologies for the shameless advertising (not something I'd normally stoop to), but this is a pretty big thing for me - my first 'properly' published games writing, as opposed to the gratis stuff I do all the time for sites like allaboutthegames.co.uk - and because it's the first issue of a brand new mag (and there's not much advertising cash), we need it to do well in order for there to be an issue 2!

So I'm hoping there are a few science fiction fans here who'd enjoy the mag, and I'd love to hear any feedback you may have if you do read it. And even if sci-fi's not your thing, if you could tweet it, like the page on facebook/google +, post it to other forums etc so word gets about, I would be enormously grateful!

Sincere thanks Kaleuns and good hunting

Herr-Berbunch · 03-16-12, 12:05 PM

Not my genre, but I don't mind it being here. I wish you the best of luck with your writings.

Dowly · 03-16-12, 12:26 PM

Mr. Stevens might come asking for protection money for spelling his name wrong, tho.

0rpheus · 03-16-12, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Mr. Stevens might come asking for protection money for spelling his name wrong, tho.

Shhhh!!

Fixed

0rpheus · 03-21-12, 10:40 AM

Just realised this should really be in 'General Topics', rather than 'General Games' - could a helpful mod move it, if you get a chance? Thanks!

0rpheus · 05-17-12, 06:40 PM

Quick update just in case you chaps are interested - Play SF now has a blog!

Hosting will change in the next day or so to integrate the blog with the main site, but you can get an early peek here:

http://playsf.wordpress.com/

Give us a look for all the latest sci fi news, and I beg you - spread the word, maybe even give the mag a try!

03-16-12, 12:05 PM	#2
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Not my genre, but I don't mind it being here. I wish you the best of luck with your writings. __________________

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Mr. Stevens might come asking for protection money for spelling his name wrong, tho.

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0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 857 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	Just realised this should really be in 'General Topics', rather than 'General Games' - could a helpful mod move it, if you get a chance? Thanks!

05-17-12, 06:40 PM	#6
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 857 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	Quick update just in case you chaps are interested - Play SF now has a blog! Hosting will change in the next day or so to integrate the blog with the main site, but you can get an early peek here: http://playsf.wordpress.com/ Give us a look for all the latest sci fi news, and I beg you - spread the word, maybe even give the mag a try!